Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:30:00 -0500
Based on data through 1800 UTC October 25 2010.
An upper level low observed on water vapor imagery about 200 miles southwest of Kauai was moving to the northwest at around 15 mph. Counterclockwise flow around the low was carrying high clouds up over the islands from the south. The entire island chain and surrounding waters were obscured by the clouds. Most of the clouds were between 20 to 30 thousand feet, and were wrapping around the low at 30 to 50 mph.
Just east of the islands where there were breaks in the high clouds one saw scattered to broken low clouds moving to the west at 20 to 25 mph. From the appearance of the clouds, many had showers.
The source of the high clouds was the ITCZ located between 07°N and 10°N. Thunderstorms were scattered to broken along the entire length of the ITCZ between 140°W and 180°W. The greatest concentration of thunderstorms was between 143°W and 152°W where cloud tops were in excess of 50 thousand feet.
Far to the northwest, layered clouds and embedded thunderstorms were observed northeast through south of a low centered near 27°N 180°W. The bulk of the clouds were northwest of a line from 30°N 170°W to 20°N 175°W to 17°N 180°W. Thunderstorm tops were 45 to 50 thousand feet. The low and all of the clouds were drifting to the east.
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